Mild cool air--a risk factor for asthma exacerbations: results of a retrospective study.

Background And Objectives: Worldwide incidence of bronchial asthma is on rise. Infections either viral or bacterial and various environmental factors are considered as major risk factors for exacerbations in various studies. Despite of awareness and preventive strategies to risk factors, exacerbations largely remain uncontrolled, therefore the study was planned to review the existing risk factors and to find out some other risk factor/factors which could help us in understanding the other causes of exacerbations.